Global security upheaval : armed nonstate groups usurping state stability functions

Global security upheaval : armed nonstate groups usurping state stability functions / Robert Mandel.

This book calls into question the commonly held contentions that central governments are the most important or even the sole sources of a nation's stability, and that subnational and transnational nonstate forces are a major source of global instability. By assessing recent real-world trends, M...

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Main Author: Mandel, Robert, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Security, International.
Non-state actors (International relations)
Political stability.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Political stability
Security, International
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : analytical focus
  • The nature of stability
  • The nature of armed non-state groups
  • The transformation in global security control
  • Case studies of armed non-state group control attempts
  • Analysis of case study patterns
  • Private coercive stability promotion complexities
  • Conclusion : policy guidelines.

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